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Is the micro servo in the store HDD or still the standard version. I remember reading a thread where DJ said new ones were available soon. I don't want to order if they are not the HDD versions.
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any reason why they burn out? or stop working.
Is there anything out of the ordinary you are doing with the HDD servos? I'm puzzled, I haven't seen any HDD servos fail myself, beside potentiometer issues. Are you are vibrating them extremely quickly back and forth in your code? What kind of load are they under?
All 4 servos did the following... sometimes under load, sometimes not... pure random
1) the servo begins to only want to move in one direction only... e.g. upper or lower positions like for example 110 to 180... but won't respond to anything less that say 110... These are just example figures it could and has been vise versa...
2) After that (a few minutes it won't move at all and the magic smoke gets released..
3) RIP servo
Battery used 7.2V niMH
Claw used as in picture
HDD servo #5 is now in this claw...
I don't have a 7.2V NiMH to test with, but could you try using a 7.4V LiPo instead to rule out the battery? I have no good reason for this change, it's just the only difference that I can see.
richard